Daomu Biji: The Southern Archives

Side Story 10: The Desire To Eat People

After seeing these hallucinations, Herman drew the map himself and then let the people from the Royal Academy of Sciences take gonka.

For a total of seven days, there were about twenty people who reported the incident to their superiors. Everyone was terrified of what they saw in the illusion. After that, the Royal Academy of Sciences couldnt decide what to do about this absurd, but frightening fact.

First of all, it was an illusion. Everyone knew that this was just a reaction to the drug, but why did everyone have the same reaction? Plus, the things they saw were so real that people couldnt convince themselves that such things came from their own brains.

In the end, the Royal Academy of Sciences issued a small sum of money to Herman and let him take his team to the location on the map that appeared in the illusion. They wanted Herman to see what was there first. If there really was something, then they would destroy it.

They saw this as a compromise, but for Herman, it was a golden opportunity. The treasured wood in the rainforest, the gonka drug, the support of the Royal Academy of Sciences, and the opportunity to remove those devils for God were all the makings of a legendary story.

From the beginning of the story to the end, Wade never said what was in the hallucinations. When Zhang Haiyan asked him about it, Wade looked down at his jacket pocket.

Zhang Haiyan took out a small leather bag and opened it. The inside was filled with red powder.

Try it. Wade looked at Zhang Haiyan and smiled. Just a little bit is enough since its your first time.

Zhang Haiyan laughed, You think I would be so stupid as to take a strange drug youve carried with you just because you told me some story?

You can let me take it. Itll start working within half an hour. The hallucinations come very quickly. Although you may only hallucinate for a few minutes, you still see everything.

Zhang Haiyan thought it over for a while. He looked at Madison and then squeezed Wades mouth open and poured some of the powder in.

Wade kept coughing and panting before he looked at Zhang Haiyan and smiled. Youre going to thank me.

Youre so fucking annoying, Zhang Haiyan thought to himself as he smiled back at Wade.

Wades face gradually started to turn red, as if all of his blood was rushing to his head. Then, his eyes rolled into the back of his head and the whites began twitching back and forth constantly. Saliva kept flowing from the corner of his mouth and down to his neck.

Zhang Haiyan put a hand to his pulse point. Although Wades heartbeat was very fast, it was stable and showed no signs of failing.

Slowly, after about three or four minutes, his heartbeat gradually returned to normal and he started to regain consciousness.

After the drug kicked in, he was slow to respond and had a mouth full of saliva. He couldnt speak as he looked at Zhang Haiyan, but his eyes were full of anticipation.

Zhang Haiyan used his pinky finger to touch a little bit of the red powder and then put it under his tongue.

It was only a small taste, but he immediately realized that this wasnt a drug extracted from plants.

He was extremely familiar with this taste.

It was the taste of human flesh.

The powder melted the instant it touched his tongue and then quickly dissolved.

Zhang Haiyan wanted to spit it out, but it was too late. He put a hand over his throat. This kind of taste was something he wanted to forget for many years, but now his mouth was filled with it.

It tastes so good.

Because of the extreme hunger at that time, tastes were infinitely amplified, which led to the desire to eat people.

And now, that desire had reappeared in Zhang Haiyans heart.

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Tiffanys Notes: This is the end of The Map in the Dream for now.